Never heard of hisense, sounds like some cheap rubbish. better off with a well known brand like bush, alba or technika

But those names are the top of the line brands that nobody can afford :smile:

Have a look at the video on the specs on the Hisense site.

https://flv.isitetv.com/media/video/3157/video_url_109063_3157.m4v


HDR through USB at the moment but I rang them a few days ago and they confirmed that not only is the panel 10 bit but there is also a firmware update coming that will allow HDR through HDMI too for all models in this series.

Think i'll sticj with my Hinari I bought from Rumbellows

Complete specs here

https://hisense.co.uk/electronics/tvs/h50m3300/spec

Specs say no HDR?

Looks amazing for the money - but is it HDR ?

Will believe it when i see it, their are loads of posts on the AV forums about Hisense saying their TV's are HDR and that it will be enabled via a update but never has and people have been waiting months and months. Unless it has the correct Hdmi sockets it cant be enabled, i have a LG 860V and the same thing is going on with that will they wont they enable HDR or even can they. I would buy this TV and except no HDR and if it ever happens its a bonus.

I know that some manufacturers 2015 models may not enable a firmware update but all 2016 ones are supposed to be.

Time will tell of course.

The fact that this has a 10 bit panel is probably what makes it more of a prospective probability.

I have this TV, bought it last time it was posted on here. The Netflix and YouTube apps are both very good, quick and in 4k. there are loads of settings which I propably need to tweak on the TV as far as I know you can get HDR through the first HDMI port as I have my shield TV hooked upto this port and I knows it set to full dynamic range but im pretty certain it's only at 30hz through this port. For the price this is a fantastic TV and the remote even works on my shield to control my media apps :wink:

Can anyone comment on response time/input lag/refresh rate? I can't see these mentioned in the spec sheet. Would love to use one as a computer monitor.

Never heard of hisense, sounds like some cheap rubbish. better off with a well known brand like bush, alba or technika

thanks op been looking for a good price 4k ..ordered

Didn't you watch any Euro 2016 games?

shame not a proper hdr set.

That takes me back.

Hi, out of interest Where does it say 10 bit panel for this TV?

I have this TV... it's really great. No complaints... not "overly" smart, picture is very good (once calibrated). Looks really really good. 4K looks great on it, 1080P looks fantastic as well. I guess the only thing I would change would be the ability to rename the HDMI ports (like TV, Game, Fire TV, etc). I would highly recommend it.:smile:

I have this TV... it's really great. No complaints... not "overly" smart, picture is very good (once calibrated). Looks really really good. 4K looks great on it, 1080P looks fantastic as well. I guess the only thing I would change would be the ability to rename the HDMI ports (like TV, Game, Fire TV, etc). I would highly recommend it.:smile:

It doesn't on the specs but when I spoke to the hosense technical dept to enquire, they specified that it was a 10 bit panel.

I also tried to tell AO to modify the HDR spec on their site for this model range but it fell on deaf ears.

Can anyone comment on if this tv is ok for watching sport, motion blur drives me mad

​Whoosh!!!!!!!

Loads of tv for the money

£429 at richer sounds with 6 year guarantee also may price match

I watched Euro 2016 on it, MotoGP racing, Forumual 1, got the Xbox360 connected to it, watch HD action movies regularly, motion blur is excellent, there are 4 settings (including off), and even at full it's not over-the-top. You need to be a little careful with motion blur as it can easily make things look very unnatural. Colours, contracts, sharpness, up-scaling (HD especially), is really really good. SD content is okay (but I think most UHD tvs have a problem with SD content). All the setting can be set per input separately or one setting for all. The menus are fast/responsive and not over-the-top animation, the "smart" functions are NOT in your face. Even the optical out pushes ALL sound out whether it source is HDMI (stereo/surround/etc) or video/audio in, I have all the sound come out of the TV optical out back to my receiver (even has the option to turn off the TV speaker completely). Just really happy with it, and for this price I can "upgrade" in the next couple of years and still come in under some of the other over-priced TVs.

Sat here still with my 2012 panasonic plasma waiting till the OLEDs come down in price. But this is tempting.

Just a mention that might be important to some, this is NOT HDR....check the colour specs on the website. Apparently the high dynamic range can make a big difference. Looks like a good buy otherwise though.

erm..... what in the lords name is a hisense ? cold from me.

I do have to agree that when you are in a Richer Sounds store that they are very attentive and take their time to help.

Top notch for customer service indeed.

I was going to talk nonsense but it might have gone over his head :smile:

​To put the HDR thing into perspective, to be sure to get it you need to go for a TV labeled Ultra HD Premium. If you can find one for £399, buy it!

​Just to be clear, I bought this TV knowing it wasn't true HDR. All I can say is the picture is as good as anything I have seen below £1000.

​quality brands. id deffo pay for those badges. id be the envy of the village

Maybe you should read Post #20.. It's reportedly a 10bit panel.

sorry what i meant to say was its on Argos for £429 but richer sound will price match (ive ordered one ) with 6 years guarantee

Hi, I am planning to buy this TV.
Would you mind posting your calibration settings. And also couple of YouTube reviews from US say it comes with 4 year warranty from hisense. Is that true for UK as well.
Thanks

This.

Ultra HD Premium is the official standard to ensure completely future proofed.

So first of all, there is NO HDR content out there yet (let's see if we can get some 4K first eh?) second this TV does HDR via USB for now... they do have plans for enabling HDR via firmware update if and when something comes out that can use it. I think the new XBOX ONE S does HDR gaming but... the game has to be made to use this... so I wouldn't put too much weight being HDR even though the big boys are trying to use this as an excuse to sell last years TVs (with this new feature) and charge a lot more money. I say... get this TV enjoy the picture and today... wait 3-4 years to see if HDR takes off (or dies like 3D) and get the new Hisense then with all the latest bells and whistles for another £400. :smile:

It says £429. How to get it at £399? Is the code still working?

Ahh ok, thanks for clearing that up. I see this TV at £430 most places so its a no brainer from Richer Sounds, £30 for 4 more years warranty you would be mad to buy from this AO deal.

Exactly

Yes of course - go to the deal, then look at 'Key Information' then go down to 'Picture Technology', click on that and it list all the features including HDR shown as a NO. Hope that helps.

Oh of course - we'd all be morons to look for a real bargain of a 50 inch HDR tv on this site wouldn't we! Let's just pay full price instead!!

it's ao.com, most rubbish customer service in the world

4k HDR content is already in available on Netflix and Amazon Prime

the point being. people are asking for top specs in a large screen tv available for peanuts.

they are being completely unreasonable. how about you come work for me and I pay you £1 an hour? do you think that is reasonable?

well then ask yourself why samsung sell a 43" 4k tv for over £1000 yet this 50" tv is less than £400. obviously it isn't going to have all the latest tech in it like a 10 bit panel, etc. it's being completely unreasonable to ask for it to have it.

if you want a decent cheap tv then buy it, if you want one with all the latest tech then get your chequebook out rather than complaining some ridiculously cheap tv doesn't have the latest tech.

Then don't put the £30 off code in. Et voila it is over £400 and you are no longer a moron

oh yeah, yet nothing in the manual or any retailers website. why would they omit such a huge selling point?

i think i'll wait for a more credible source. i reckon i'll be waiting forever for one to appear.

If you read the posts, they are pointing out the features, pros and cons and using this sight for its intended purpose - to find bargains.
Read your own post and ask yourself who is the one complaining.
The only post complain

I dont do foreign, but this Spec sheet suggests 8 bit panel:

Click here

Would be an absolute steal if it was 10 bit..

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Those of you who doubt the quality of Hisense TV's should do your homework and read the reviews.
These TV's beat the usual budget brands hands down. I bought this model to watch the euros on, which was sponsored by Hisense by the way, and was not disappointed. It replaced a 40" Panasonic full HD TV and has proven to be superior in both picture quality & sound quality. I no longer use my Sony sound bar as the audio quality from the TV is superior to it.
You won't go wrong at this price.

Think i'll sticj with my Hinari I bought from Rumbellows

Or Polaroid

Hmm I recently bought an LG 49UF690V from RicherSounds. I've heard some good things about HiSense but for like a little bit more I think most would prefer a more established brand like LG. I mean I only paid £449 for a 49" 4k Smart TV that is just amazing. LG picture quality always stands out in places like Currys etc when they're all displaying their sample videos. Personally think LG picture quality is better than the similarly specced Samsungs, Sony etc and they're always good bang for your buck.

does this TV upscale sd content?

That's not quite the case, although I understand why you would say that.

A TV can have the certification retroactively, when all of the necessary components are in place.

When the firmware update comes in to enable HDR over HDMI, then certification could be in place.

Thanks.

That is the AO description, which in this case is, as far as information based on Hinsense's own video alone would seem incorrect.

Not really because you only have to look at a wide variety of products of all kinds out there that are expensive because of things such as a simple badge.

Just because somebody may shop at Harrods does not mean that what they buy is any better than what they could find elsewhere at a fraction of the price.

Such is the power of image and labels.

I can buy a pair of sun glasses for very little money that will do exactly the same job as a pair costing ten times as much or have a suit made that would do exactly the same as one costing hundreds of times for because it has a label inside.

The really moronic element is that too many people are willingly conned into thinking that they have to buy high to get quality and in the process feed into the idiotic label culture, wasting their own money into the process.

When DVD writers first came out I bought one of the first ones to come into the country and paid £600 for it. Within a year you could pick them up for £150 and within 18 months, £50.

I was a moron once too lol and competition is so fierce now that there are many Asian vendors willing to sell lots at a low price.

Boyf is a bit confused, he got last year's 50" 4K Hisense from Amazon Warehouse earlier this week (great price though) - I take it his won't get the HDR upgrade and it's down to the panel/software?

It was me who talked him into Hisense after reading the rave reviews, in fact it's got me so curious I'm considering getting one as my bedroom set.

not sure... will have to wait and see. In the meantime enjoy the 99.99999% none-HDR content available. :smirk:

But remember, tomorrow it will be 99.99998 :smile:

Probably not but then again we rarely know what the manufacturers are going to do next..

Don't get caught up in the HDR hype, yes it may offer something in the future, but for now its not worth considering [other than future proofing, but again wait and something better will come along anyway].


Get one for the bedroom and dont worry about HDR, if it does comes to this TV then great, I wouldnt expect it, but if it comes look on it as a major bonus for free.

(As others have said above, there is next to NO HDR content and that will take a while to change, we are only now seeing a decent selection for 4K...buy with 4K in mind not HDR.)

Thanks PimpMe, he seems happy with the 2015 Hisense he has. Personally I have a Sony W829 (non-4K), probably better waiting a few years :smiley:

You state both ends of the argument? Brands with higher costs have more modern tech and charge a premium as they have tech cheap TVs don't? Roll on 12m-18m and the cheap tv will have same Spec and the brands will have moved on to newer tech and will still be more expensice

Can someone please enlighten me to the benefit of 4K ??

No tv channels and the only 4K movie I've seen for sale was ghostbusters?????

There's not really many HD channels never mind 4K

Same as my answer above, 4K content is available but there still isnt that much about. Getting a 4K TV just now is probably not worth it unless you pay a premium for 4K content from Netflix for example.

You may well be future proofing yourself to some degree, but then again you could get a much better 4K TV in a years time and there should be much more content by then.

Keep in mind there is still only 12/14 HD channels on freeview, 4K is a loooong way away on terrestial and HDR even longer.

​you do know theae tv's are cheap because there specs arent that great.

60hz
8 bit panel
no hdr through hdmi

the panel itself may be riddled with issues like ghosting, banding, haloing or bleed.

even the toshiba we bought 20 years ago had a 100hz refresh rate

this is a good tv for the money however its not going to beat a top of the range samsung.

as for paying for a brand name. most of us all know that. its why i dont own beats by dre but sennheiser, beyerdynamic and akg instead.

when it comes to tvs if you want quality then do your research on avforums and hdtvtest.

the only 2 pros this tv has is the price for the size and the fact its 4k. however the panel could be terrible, there hasnt been a review done by a professional calibrator.

you wont get a better tv for £400 new however that doesnt mean that this is brilliant tv. it wouldnt get into the top 25 of models released in the past year.

It's a 10 bit panel from what the Hisense technical team told me on the phone.

The problem with some expert sites is that they can be so focussed on numbers that they miss out on the actual experience.

I read a review only yesterday of a TV in the venerable Samsung range and it's wasn't a great review.

The point is that a badge and a high price do not automatically qualify for a quality product and there are always competitors that come along and make better use of the materials that they have and deliver to the public a decent enough product at a decent price.

It's good for the market to have it shaken up a little and whatever we may think of what was a relatively unknown brand, they are certainly gaining a lot of attention right now, which will make the 'big' boys have to sit up and take notice.

Time, reviews and all the things that go with products will ultimately tell whether this kind of product will be a good deal.

its not a 10 bit panel. otherwise it would be advertised as a huge selling point. its also only 60hz refresh rate.

Why would u compare this with a top of the range branded model? Are u nuts?

Back in stock.

Bought this tv and the viewing angle is terrible, is the tv supposed to have a bad viewing angle or is it faulty? AO are saing i cant get a refund because its been taken out of the box and turned on.

Yes the viewing angle isn't great I would have to agree, but if you need good viewing angles then I suggest the £1200 OLED TVs... OLED is the future and at £1200 it isn't as crazy as it used to be (no obviously the latest OLED model isn't £1200, but still)

Hi all I have this tv and I am more that happy with it..the PS4 pro is coming out next week(which am also getting)and all they talk about is HDR gaming and to get the best out of the pro you need HDR ,so anyway I hope this tv does the trick

You CAN rename the ports!!! I've done it!

If you have the money and inclination to buy Samsung or Sony then it's your perogative but you can keep the hype - I'll keep my money! For sub £400 This TV will blow you away! Fantastic quality. The picture, sound, networking etc are a breeze. My parents can't believe that theyve just paid double the price for a smaller TV that doesn't look as good as this and has HALF the inputs! And for the record Hisense own Sharp and work in affinity with Hitachi on other products. Hisense has 13 manufacturing facilities in China and several outside of China, namely in Hungary, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, France and Mexico. So not exactly a small player either. If you're sitting on the fence just buy one.

So, did it?

Yep got some updates from hisense and now playing games on my PS4 pro in HDR stunning graphics well pleased

Just bought this TV for my kitchen wall only £340. Can't see many complains coming from me at this bargain price, HDR or not. If I want top quality I'll watch my Samsung UE65JS9500 in the lounge.

£340? Where did you get it from for that price?